A lack of reliable and comparable data continues to hamper policy-making and cooperation on international migration and development. A number of recent initiatives have sought to map out an agenda for action to address this gap.

In this context, the seminar addressed two broad areas of concern:
(1) The collection of reliable and comparable data on stocks and flows of migrants and other categories of ‘mobile populations’ (refugees, IDPs, victims of trafficking, etc.);
(2) The collection of data and evidence on the interconnections between migration and development.

It aimed to raise awareness of the need, and existing tools to improve data collection on international migration and development.